Position All Associate Chair Chairman Co-Chair Of Counsel Partner Administration Paralegals
Practices All ADA Compliance and Defense Aerospace & Defense Agribusiness Antitrust Appellate Art, Wine, Automobiles & Collectible Assets Artificial Intelligence Banking & Financial Services Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Beer, Wine & Spirits Cannabis Chinese Investment Class Action Defense Commercial Lease Litigation Construction Construction & Building Materials Corporate Law Creditors’ Rights Cybersecurity and Privacy Distressed Assets & Real Estate Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Energy Environmental Equipment Lease and Finance Family Office Global Hospitality Group® Government Government, Land Use, Environment & Energy Health Care Hospitality Insurance Counseling & Recovery Intellectual Property International International Tax Investment Capital Law Labor & Employment Land Use Litigation Luxury Home Mergers & Acquisitions Natural Resources & Mining Nonprofits & Philanthropy Oil, Gas & Geothermal Opportunity Zone Group Patent Litigation Patent Prosecution and Transaction Prevailing Wage Compliance and Defense Professional Liability Defense Project Finance PTAB Trial Group Real Estate Real Estate Litigation Regulatory and Enforcement Renewable Energy/Climate Change Retail Secured Lender Defense Securities Taxation Taxation, Trusts & Estates Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Trust & Estate Litigation Trusts & Estates White Collar Defense & Investigations
Location All Irvine, California Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California
School All .D., UCLA School of Law American University Anthropology - Zoology, University of MichiganAbrams Endowed Scholarship, National Society of Collegiate Scholars B.A. & B.S., Case Western Reserve University B.A. Journalism, Rutgers University B.B.A. Finance (with High Distinction), University of Iowa B.S./M.I.S., St. Louis University Bernice and Saul Manaster Scholarship Boston College Law School Boston University Boston Universitymagna cum laude Boston University School of Law Brooklyn Law SchoolZaretsky Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Fellow Business Economics, University of San Diego CALI Excellence for the Future Award California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, Civil Engineering California State University, Long Beach California State University, Northridge Structural Engineering California State University, Sacramento Chinese Language Program Certificate of Completion, Tsinghua University International Chinese Language & Culture Center City University of New York at Baruch College Claremont Graduate School Claremont Men's College College Honors Columbia College Columbia Law School Columbia University Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin CPA, Maryland cum laude Dean's List Dean’s List-three years Duke University Duke University School of Law Economics, University of Southern California Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review Editor-in-Chief, Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal Emory Scholarship Georgetown University Georgetown University Law Center Georgetown University Law Center, International Business and Economic Law George Washington University Law School Golden Gate University School of Law, 1977First in class Gonzaga University School of Law Harvard Law School Harvard University Hastings College Highest Honors, University of Texas School of Law, 1990Editor in Philosophy, Santa Clara University Iowa State Universitywith distinction Law Alumni Scholarship LL.M, University of San Francisco, School of Law LL.M ., University of San Francisco, School of Law LL.M. in Taxation, Loyola Law School LMU Loyola Law School Loyola Law School Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 2010Chief Technical Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review Loyola Law School, Los AngelesLoyola of Los Angeles Law Review; Sayre Macneil Scholar Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago School of Law magna cum laude magna cum laude, in Political Science Mansfield University Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University Messiah Collegecum laude Moot Court Oral Advocacy Award Ner Israel Rabbinical College New York University School of Law Northeastern University Oberlin College, 1982Phi Beta Kappa Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University College of Science Pepperdine University Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, 20232023 Scott H. Racine Award for Excellence in the Study of Taxation Pepperdine University School of Law Pepperdine University School of Law, Institute for Dispute Resolution Graduate Pepperdine University School of Lawcum laude Ph.D. Studies, Cornell University Phi Beta Kappa Political Science, University of San Diego Political Studies with minor studies in Accounting and Finance Suffolk University Pomona College Princeton University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Certificate in Environmental Studies Program in the Environment, University of Michigan Public Interest Clearinghouse Summer Fellowship Regent University School of Law Rice University Saint Mary's College of California San Diego State University San Francisco State University Santa Clara University High Tech Law Certificate Santa Clara University School of Law Southwestern Law School Southwestern University School of Law Southwestern University School of Lawcum laude Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature, Middlebury College St. Thomas More Law Honor Society (Top 15%) Stanford Law School Stanford University State University of New York at Stony Brook summa cum laude summa cum laude(graduated 1st in full-time day class) SUNY Buffalo Taxation, Georgetown University School of Law Taxation, New York University School of Law Taxation, University of San Diego School of Law Temple University The George Washington University Law School UC College of the Law, San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings) UC College of the Law, San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly UC Irvine UCLA, Philosophy UCLA, Urban Schooling UCLA School of Law University of California University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley, 1974Phi Beta Kappa University of California, Berkeley School of Law University of California, Davis University of California, Davis, School of Law University of California, Davis School of Law University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine School of Law University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles, 1991with honors, Political Science University of California, Los Angeles School of Law University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, San Francisco College of the Law (Hastings) University of California, Santa Barbara University of California at Los Angeles University of California Riverside University of Colorado, Boulder University of Connecticutwith honors University of Denver University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law University of Maryland University of Miami School of Law University of Michigan University of Minnesota Law Schoolmagna cum laude University of Nebraska College of Law University of Notre Dame University of Oklahoma University of Oregon University of Oxford University of Oxford, Spring University of San Diego University of San Diego School of Law University of San Francisco, School of LawUSF School of Law JD Student Tax Award University of San Francisco School of Law University of Southern California University of Southern California, Gould School of Law University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, 2002Business Administration University of Southern California Gould School of Law University of Southern CaliforniaPhi Beta Kappa University of Southern Californiasumma cum laude University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2013McGeorge International Legal Society; Traynor Honor Society; Dean's Honor List University of Virginia, Government University of Washington USC Gould School of Law Vanderbilt University Law School Wake Forest University, School of Business, 2019President, Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Whittier College Whittier Law School with distinction Witkin Award for Academic Excellence Yale Law School Yale University and University of California, Los Angeles, 1964Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admission All All California State Courts All State Courts of California Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York California California State Bar California State Court Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California Central District of California D.C. Bar District of Columbia Eastern District of California Eastern District of Texas, 2013 Florida Nevada New York Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Northern District of California Northern District of Illinois Orange County Bar Association Oregon State Bar Southern District of California Southern District of New York State Bar of California State Bar of California, 2011 State Bar of California, U.S. Tax Court State Bar of Nevada State Bar of New York State Bar of Washington State Courts State Courts California State Courts of California State of California Supreme Court of California U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of California U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of California U.S. Court of Appeals, Central District of California U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Eastern District of California U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2004 U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1994 U.S. Court of Appeals, Northern District of California U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Claims U.S. Court of Federal Claims U.S. District Court, Central District of California U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan U.S. District Court, Northern District of California U.S. District Court, Southern District of California U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York U.S. District CourtCentral District of California U.S. District Court for the Central District of California U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California U.S. District Courts, Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California U.S. Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Tax Court United States Court of International Trade United States District Court, Eastern District of California United States Patent and Trademark Office United States Supreme Court United States Tax Court Washington (inactive) Western District of Michigan
Language All Chinese (Mandarin) French Hebrew Spanish
